Test yourself with quizzes on exercise prescription, sports cardiology and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Learn via the answers, discussions and academic references.
Exercise prescription
Exercise Prescription Quiz Section Editor
Dominique Hansen
- Case 1: Exercise prescription – 65-year-old male
- Case 2: Exercise prescription – 55-year-old female
- Case 3: Exercise prescription – 70-year-old male
- Case 4: Exercise prescription – 65-year-old female
- Case 5: Exercise prescription – 79-year-old male
- Case 6: Exercise prescription – 28-year-old male
- Case 7: Exercise prescription – 53-year-old female
- Case 8: Exercise prescription – 70-year-old male
- Case 9: Exercise prescription – 65-year-old female
- Case 10: Exercise prescription – 53-year-old male
These quizzes are based on the EXPERT Tool (Exercise Prescription in Everyday practice & Rehabilitative Training) developed by the University of Hasselt, in collaboration with the EAPC.
Cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) testing
CPX Testing Quiz Section Editor
Daniel Neunhaeuserer
- Case 1: CPX graphical report of an hypertensive patient with lone atrial fibrillation
- Case 2: Cardiopulmonary exercise stress test in bundle branch block (LBBB)
- Case 3: 66-year-old male with exertional dyspnoea
- Case 4: 55-year-old male amateur athlete with palpitations during bike rides
- Case 5: 56-year-old male amateur athlete with transient ischemic attack during mountain race
- Case 6: 61-year-old male with Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR)
- Case 7: Female athlete treated for asthma – dyspnoea on exertion
- Case 8: Patient with hypertension and type 2 diabetes
- Case 9: Patient with NSTEMI and CABG
- Case 10: 45-year-old marathon runner with dyspnoea on exertion and loss of performance
- Case 11: 68-year-old female with exertional dyspnoea
- Case 12: 36-year-old male cancer patient with exertional dyspnoea
Note: CPX Testing Quiz Section Editor from 2014-2019 - Matthias Wilhelm
Sports cardiology
Sports Cardiology Quiz Section Editors
Daniel Neunhaeuserer
David Niederseer
- Case 1: 28-year-old Afro-Caribbean footballer with an abnormal ECG
- Case 2: 17-year-old Caucasian national rower undergoes pre-participation screening
- Case 3: 54-year-old Caucasian master triathlete with a family history of sudden cardiac death
- Case 4: 14-year-old Caucasian male with sharp chest pains
- Case 5: 18-year-old Caucasian female athlete attending occupational medical to join the British Army
- Case 6: 17-year-old Caucasian male athlete attending pre-participation screening
- Case 7: 35-year-old Caucasian female footballer attending pre-participation screening
- Case 8: 23-year-old Afro-Caribbean male footballer attending pre-participation screening
- Case 9: 17-year-old Caucasian male swimmer attending pre-participation screening
- Case 10: 32-year-old Caucasian male cyclist attending pre-participation screening
- Case 11: 20-year-old Afro-Caribbean male footballer with collapse
- Case 12: 16-year-old Caucasian male international cyclist attending pre-participation screening
- Case 13: 14-year-old Caucasian male attending pre-participation screening
- Case 14: 52-year-old Caucasian male veteran triathlete with chest pain
- Case 15: 18-year-old Caucasian male boxer with an abnormal ECG
- Case 16: 22-year-old Caucasian male rugby player attending pre-participation screening
- Case 17: 24-year-old Afro-Caribbean male football player with palpitations
- Case 18: 16-year-old Caucasian female soccer player attending pre-participation screening
- Case 19: 60-year-old male endurance athlete with palpitations associated with presyncope
- Case 20: 16-year-old Caucasian national level cyclist…Deciphering the role of anterior T-wave inversion in young athletes
- Case 21: 34-year-old amateur triathlete presenting with dyspnoea
- Case 22: A 50-year old female asymptomatic athlete with mitral valve prolapse
- Case 23: A 22-year-old female athlete with premature ventricular beats
- Case 24: A 27-year-old Caucasian male professional rugby player with signs of decompensated heart failure
- Case 25: A 55-year-old male asymptomatic endurance athlete with obstructive coronary disease
- Case 26: A 26-year-old Royal Air Force serviceman with palpitations
- Case 27: A 57-year-old male with AF and reduced ejection fraction: correct dose of exercise prescription
- Case 28: Supraventricular tachycardia in an athlete diagnosed by smartphone ECG
- Case 29: Heart-breaking finals during a basketball game
- Case 30: Should we stop Phidippides?
- Case 31: Acute coronary syndrome with ST-segment elevation during exercise testing in a master athlete
- Case 32: "In the middle of the journey of his life - the straight way was lost"(based on a quote from Dante Alighieri)
- Case 33: Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Case 34: 12 year-old female athlete with mitral annular disjunction
- Case 35: CPVT in young athletes: a rare but potentially fatal disease
Note: Sports Cardiology Quiz Section Editor from 2019-2021 - Sabiha Gati
Dyslipidaemia
- Case 1: Quiz on familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH)
- Case 2: Dyslipidaemia after heart transplantation
Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure
- Case 1: Exercise testing in chronic heart failure
- Case 2: Non-coronary heart diseases: challenges of verifying the type
Diabetes and CVD
Test yourself on diabetes and CVD with quizzes from the Diabetes and CVD Programme.
Others
- Case 1: Coffee and cardiovascular mortality
- Case 2: Pharmacological intervention in CV prevention
- Case 3: Cardiovascular risk prediction
- Case 4: Testosterone and cardiovascular health
- Case 5: Chronological age vs A-BEST
- Case 6: Care of the cardio-oncologic patient in primary care practice
- Case 7: Dilated cardiomyopathy and recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia
- Case 8: Pollution and atherothrombotic risk
- Case 9: Exercise testing in HFpEF
- Case 10: Quiz on 2021 ESC Guidelines on CVD prevention in clinical practice (Part 1)
- Case 11: Quiz on 2021 ESC Guidelines on CVD prevention in clinical practice (Part 2)
- Case 12: Interpreting a landmark meta-analysis on electronic cigarettes
- Case 13: Leveraging the legacy of Southern Atlantic Europeans
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